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Amazon workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center on Jan. 20, 2015, in Tracy, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) California on Wednesday became the first state to bar mega-retailers from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas that interfere with bathroom and rest breaks under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that grew from Amazon’s drive to speed goods to consumer...

Amazon, whose Sacramento warehouse is shown here, must follow a new California law on working conditions related to quotas at warehouses. California has become the first state in the nation to regulate working conditions related to quotas at Amazon.com Inc. warehouses. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 701 on Wednesday. The new law, which will take effect at the beginning of next year...

President Biden is reportedly planning to nominate a law professor who has said she wants to “end banking as we know it" to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Sources told Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal that Biden is planning to nominate Cornell Law School professor Saule Omarova to run the OCC, which oversees and regulates the U.S. banking system. Omarova special...

On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China ("PRC") passed the Personal Information Protection Law ("PIPL"), which will come into effect on November 1, 2021. The PIPL will work together with the Cybersecurity Law ("CSL") and the Data Security Law ("DSL") to establish a broader regulatory architecture governing cybersecurity an...

The Colorado Springs Police Department, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, and the Colorado State Patrol all teamed up for a safety enforcement operation. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -You may have noticed more law enforcement officers are on the road Wednesday. It’s part of a crack down to help make sure drivers are safe. This year, El Paso County leads the state in the highest number of...

Voter-approved law exempts app-based drivers from employee status Judge who struck rule said it improperly tied hands of lawmakers Supporters of Proposition 22 are challenging a judge’s ruling which struck down the voter-approved rule that exempted app-based drivers from the state’s strict worker classification laws, according to a notice filed Wednesday. The Protect App-based Drivers &...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws on Wednesday that aim to protect the privacy of abortion providers and their patients, declaring California to be a “reproductive freedom state” while drawing a sharp contrast with Texas and its efforts to limit the procedure. One law makes it a crime to film people within 100 feet (30 meters) of an abortion clinic for the purpose of...

A San Diego federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a California law banning possession of a baton or billy club is constitutional, noting the prohibition’s longstanding nature of being on the books for more than a century. The decision is the latest from U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez, who has been given jurisdiction over several cases filed in recent years challenging the state’s str...

DICKSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A deputy is hurt and several law enforcement vehicles are totaled after traffic officials say they have seen a spike in drivers running into patrol cars. “Why is this happening?” asked Lt. Bill Miller with the Tennessee Highway Patrol. “That is the question.” In the last month, the Tennessee Highway Patrol has had three cars hit while troopers respond to scenes....

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The Potter County Sheriff’s Office is having their citizens academy where they bring in a different guest speaker each week to talk about how they ensure safety and solve problems. It’s their 13th year doing the academy lasting for 12 weeks where the participants can ride in patrol cars, go to the shooting range, and tour the jail. The presentation data is updated eac...